UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 8, 2012 at 11:50 a.m. GMT

Total Production
52.12 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
611 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.3%
Low Carbon
11.8%
Fossil Fuels
81.8%
Biomass 510 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,272 MW 35.1%
Coal 24,255 MW 46.5%
Hydroelectric 681 MW 1.3%
Interconnects -2,598 MW -5.0%
Nuclear 8,008 MW 15.4%
OCGT 132 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 746 MW 1.4%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,113 MW 4.1%